DARK SHADOWS-BEGINNINGS

Details

• Release Year: 1967
• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science-Fiction, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, Dark Shadows (1966-71, ABC-TV) became one of the most popular daytime series of all time. The character of Barnabas Collins, a guilt-ridden, 175-year-old vampire, brought the show tremendous success. Now, for the first time on DVD, MPI presents the spooky series' rare, early episodes before Barnabas.; ; Victoria Winters and Frank Garner anxiously search for clues to Laura Collins' strange origins and are led to a series of bizarre discoveries. Elizabeth Collins Stoddard orders Laura to leave Collinwood, but Laura secretly visits Elizabeth while she sleeps and places her in a trance. Laura warns Victoria that she will take control of her son, David Collins, but becomes frightened when the ghost of Josette Collins appears to her. Against Roger Collins' wishes, a psychic investigator, Dr. Peter Guthrie, is called in to examine the strange occurrences at Collinwood and a seance is held. Victoria and Guthrie learn that the body of a dead woman identified as Laura has disappeared from the morgue in Phoenix, Arizona.
• Cast: Jonathan Frid; Grayson Hall; Alexandra Isles; Nancy Barrett; Joan Bennett; Louis Edmonds; David Selby; Kathryn Leigh Scott; David Henesy; Lara Parker; Thayer David; John Karlen; Joel Crothers; Roger Davis; Christopher Pennock; Jerry Lacy; Mitch Ryan; David Ford; Humbert Allen Astredo; Don Briscoe; Jim Storm; Clarice Blackburn; Robert Rodan; Kate Jackson; Denise Nickerson; Dennis Patrick; Marie Wallace; Michael Stroka; Diana Millay; Terrayne Crawford; Bob O'Connell; Kathleen Cody; Anthony George; Keith Prentice; Sharon Smyth; Addison Powell; Dana Elcar; Donna Wandrey; Timothy Gordon; Robert Gerringer; Virginia Vestoff; Lisa Blake Richards; John Lasell; Donna McKechnie; Christopher Bernau; Alex Stevens; Michael McGuire; Conard Fowkes; Craig Slocum; John Harkins; Elizabeth Eis; Frank Schofield; Peter Murphy; James Shannon; Tom Gorman; Geoffrey Scott; Peter Turgeon; Betsy Durkin; Leigh Beery; Vince O'Brien; Duane Morris; Paul Kirk Giles; Daniel Keyes; Michael Maitland; John Beal; Ed Riley; Mark Allen; Paula Laurence; Ken McEwen; Hugh Franklin; Colin Hamilton; Jered Holmes; David Jay; Dorrie Kavanaugh; Michael Currie; James Hall; Leslie Barrett; Paul Michael; Isabella Hoopes; Mary Cooper; Gaye Edmond; Gene Lindsey; Jane Draper; Norman Parker; Tom Markus; Michael Hadge; Peter Lombard; Diana Davila; Henry Judd Baker; Conrad Bain; Brian Sturdivant; Tom Happer; Emory Bass; Dan Morgan; Kay Frye; Cliff Cudney; Katherine Quint; Marin Riley; Joy Nicholson; Charles Rush; Liliane Sandor; George Mitchell; John Baragrey; Cavada Humphrey; Don Crabtree; Vala Clifton; Deborah Loomis; Carolyn Groves; Anita Sharp-Bolster; Abe Vigoda; Camila Ashland; David Hurst; Dennis Johnson; Tony Goodstone; Audrey Campbell; Charles Goff; Pat Lysinger; Scott Upright; Bridget O'Donnell; Howard Honig; Chuck Morgan; Elizabeth Wilson; John Connell; Joseph Julian; Fred Stewart; Angus Cairns; Richard Woods; Erica Fitz; Kenneth McMillan; Robin Lane; Gail Strickland; Marilyn Joseph; Rebecca Shaw; Ronald Dawson; Audrey Larkins; Roger Hamilton; George Strus; Frances Helm; Alfred Hinckley; Ray Carlson; Edward Marshall; Ed Crowley; Steve Calder; Martin Brent; Jordan Keen; Lenore Ellis; William Gish; House Jameson; Paul Craffey; Paul Geier; Barbara Tracey; Patrick McVey; Pierrino Mascarino; Barnard Hughes; Dolph Sweet; William Shust; Bob Fitzsimmons; Clifford A. Pellow; Diana Walker; George Mathews; Ivor Francis; Lovelady Powell; Katharine Balfour; Charlotte Fairchild; Alfred Sandor; Jack Stamberger; Marsha Mason; John Miranda; Paul Vincent; Jenny Egan; Dick Sabol; Leo Marrell; Ed Sauter; Beverly Hope Atkinson; Ann Davies; Elaine Hyman; Mary Farrell; Beverly Hayes; Karen Lynn; K.C. Townsend; Christine Domaniecki; Stanley Grover; Lloyd Harris; Edmund Hashim; Jarred Mickey; Herbert Holcombe; Jane Rose; Robert Viharo; Dean Perchall; Bobbi Ann Woronko; Sho Onodera; Lisa Ross; Lana Shaw; Phillip R. Allen; Margo Head; Donald Hotton; Katherine Bruce; Gordon Russell; Arthur Anderson; Michael Ann; Douglas Reid; Fran Anthony; Joel Fabiani; Frank Reich; Ann Ruggiero; Bil Baird; Angie Brown; Carol Ann Lewis; Greta Markson; Arline Sand; Tom Spratley; Hal White; Ray Von Orden; Keene Curtis; Charles Reynolds; George McCoy; Florence Stanley; Natalie Norwick; Carol Crist; Alice Drummond; Tom Murphy; Colleen Kelly; Rosemary McNamara; Hansford Rowe; Alexander Cort; Betty Beaird; Jacqueline Bertrand; Harvey Keitel; Pat McNamara; Ted Beniades; Beverly Dixon; David Groh; Joseph Mosca; Carl Nicholas; Calvin Ander; Walter Arnold; Dodie Bauer; Janet Burtis; Toni Darnay; Alan Feinstein; Sara Harte; Liz Ingleson; Richard Marr; John Servetnik; Ray Stewart; Elizabeth Swain; Gwen Van Dam; David Cryer; Jani Darnaglo; Steve Dawson; Frederic Forrest; Millicent France; Jay Gregory; Barbara Hollis; Michele Mantvidas; Sheila Ray; Susan Sullivan; Maggie Benson; Judith Lowry; Mark Aldre; Jean Pierre Boru; Philip Cusack; Joseph Della Sorte; John LaMotta; Victor Mohica; Norman Riggins; Pieter Jan Van Niel; Robert Warlock; Amy Yaekerson; George DiCenzo; James Donahue; James Langrall; Al Lust; Richard Mollich; Victor Romano; Anthony Sacco; John Kuhner; Lela Swift; Henry Kaplan; John Sedwick; Sean Dhu Sullivan; Dan Curtis; Jack Sullivan; John Weaver; Pennberry Jones; Dennis Kane; Art Wallace; Sam Hall; Ron Sproat; Violet Welles; Malcolm Marmorstein; Joseph Caldwell; Francis Swann; Ralph Ellis
• Director: Lela Swift
• Runtime: 11:30
• Company: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Mpi Home Video
• Media Format: movie